Editing River Hull (section)

==River crossings==
{{anchor|Bridges}}
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There are several bridges in the Hull area which cross the River Hull. Details of them are shown in the following table, starting from that furthest north and moving south to the river mouth.
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!Bridge
!Date built
!class="unsortable"|Notes
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|New Hull Bridge, [[Beverley]]
|1974<ref name=allison1989>{{harvnb |Allison |1989 |pp=161–169}}</ref>
|A fixed flat deck concrete bridge, carrying the A1035 Tickton bypass
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|Hull Bridge, Beverley
|1976
|A fixed foot bridge, which replaced a 1913-built steel rolling bridge once [[Tickton]] bypass opened.
|-
|Grovehill Bridge, Beverley
|1953<ref name=crosby31/>
|A truss-girder lift bridge, which replaced a ferry bridge
|-
|Ennerdale Link Bridges
|1997
|Twin bascule bridges.<ref>{{cite web| url  =http://www.movablebridges.org.uk/BridgePage.asp?BridgeNumber=558| title = Ennerdale Link Bridge | work = www.movablebridges.org.uk| access-date = 9 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| journal  =The Architects' Journal | volume = 206| title = Bascule Bridges, Ennerdale Link Road, Hull| page = 46 |year = 1997 }}</ref> These completed the Ennerdale Link bypass construction of which started c.1992, with the river crossing originally intended to be a tunnel.<ref>{{cite journal| journal = Highways and Transportation| volume  =39| year = 1992| page = 10 | title = New tunnel under River Hull provides east west link }}</ref> Work on the tunnel was halted in 1994 after difficulties with the ground conditions were encountered. Instead bridges designed by Rendel Palmer and Tritton based on those already installed at Stoneferry were used.<ref>{{cite journal| journal = The Surveyor| page = 6| year = 1994| title = Tunnel dropped for two bridges }}</ref> The work was part of a wider scheme of roads around Hull to give better access to the docks (via Hedon Road) from the Beverley South Western bypass (A1079).<ref>{{cite web| at = §7D.3.31 |url = http://bookshop.europa.eu/pt/section-7a-pbCB9887002/downloads/CB-98-87-002-EN-C/CB9887002ENC_001.pdf;pgid=Iq1Ekni0.1lSR0OOK4MycO9B0000x6wxEquO;sid=2_TW9-ZsnkjW8LImpGxIUIRJ3CfQJOG_3Sc=?FileName=CB9887002ENC_001.pdf&SKU=CB9887002ENC_PDF&CatalogueNumber=CB-98-87-002-EN-C | work = EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND| title = UK REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 1986–90 | publisher = Commission of the European Communities| year = 1987 }}</ref> The new bridge was a twin bascule bridge each with 250t bridge decks and a total weight of 800t, in including the 600t counterbalance.<ref>{{cite book| title = Routes Du Monde| volume = 7| year = 1998}}</ref>
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|Sutton Road Bridge
|1939<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att3315.xls |title=List of historically interesting structures in Hull – Sutton Road Bridge |publisher=Hull City Council |access-date=18 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004073655/https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att3315.xls |archive-date=4 October 2011  }}</ref>
|A Scherzer type rolling lift bridge. Built by [[Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company]], with elegant [[Art Deco]] / Neo-Georgian style operating houses.
|-
|[[Stoneferry Bridge]]
|1988–91<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0013305 |title=Structures – Stoneferry Bridge |first=Nicolas |last=Janberg |publisher=Structurae |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref>
|Twin bascule bridges with {{convert|105|ft|m|adj=on}} leaves, one for each direction of traffic. Designed by Rendel Palmer and Tritton, and built by Cementation Construction. Replaced a 1905 swing bridge, and earlier ferry, thought to have originally been a ford at this point.
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|Hull Bridge
|1885
|Steel bowstring span swing bridge. Grade II Listed 1994. Built by the [[Hull and Barnsley Railway]] in 1885, still used by freight trains.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1197656 |desc=River Hull Railway Bridge, Bankside |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>
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|Wilmington Swing Bridge
|1907
|A Grade II Listed railway swing bridge, built by the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]]. It opened on 7 May 1907, and replaced the original 1853 bridge. Railway use ceased in 1968, and it is now used as a footpath and cycleway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Site Record: Sculcoates Station |publisher=Disused Stations |first=Mark |last=Dyson |url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/sculcoates/index.shtml |access-date=4 December 2010}}</ref>
|-
|Sculcoates Bridge
|1874
|''Sculcoates Bridge'', a wrought iron swing bridge, was opened in 1875.<ref>''The Hull Times'', 16 January 1875, p.&nbsp;6</ref><ref name="NHLE1197693">{{NHLE|num=1197693|desc= Sculcoates Bridge |access-date=13 January 2015}}</ref> The bridge consisted of a fixed span on the east bank of {{convert|27|ft}} and a counterbalanced swing span made of {{convert|113|ft}} girders, with a river span of {{convert|56|ft}}. The design was by J. Fox district engineer, the bridge was constructed by the Bridge and Roofing Co. of [[Darlaston]]. Total cost was £18,000.<ref>{{cite magazine| date = 2 April 1875| magazine = The Engineer| volume=39| title = Sculcoates Bridge, Kingston-upon-Hull |url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/5/50/Er18750402.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710043445/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/5/50/Er18750402.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2015|pages = 227–228}}</ref>

Grade II listed in 1994.<ref name="NHLE1197693"/> This is the oldest river bridge in the city, and connects the areas of [[Wilmington, Kingston upon Hull]] and [[Sculcoates]]
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|Scott Street Bridge<br />''defunct''
|1901
|Construction of the bridge connecting Scott Street in the west with Lime and Jenning streets in the east began October 1901, with and estimated cost of £20,000.<ref>{{cite magazine| url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/6/69/Er19011004.pdf| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150710084431/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/6/69/Er19011004.pdf| url-status =dead| archive-date =10 July 2015| volume=92 | title = Miscellanae| page = 355| magazine = The Engineer| date = 4 October 1901}}</ref>

A double bascule bridge. The bridge, bridgemasters hut, railings and lamps were Grade II listed in 1994.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1291608|desc =LIFTING BRIDGE BRIDGEMASTERS OFFICE RAILINGS AND LAMPS |access-date= 9 July 2015}}</ref> It was permanently raised in 1994 as the structure was too weak to carry traffic,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/users/public/admin/kab12.pl?cmte=PLA&meet=25&arc=71| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011011737/https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/users/public/admin/kab12.pl?cmte=PLA&meet=25&arc=71| url-status=dead| archive-date=11 October 2011| title=Planning Committee Minutes, Tuesday, 16th January, 2007, 2.00 p.m., Room 77, Guildhall, Hull| date=16 January 2007| publisher=Hull City Council| at=212, Scott Street Bridge}}</ref> and the cost of full repair was estimated at £5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att3092.doc|title = Report to Riverside Area Committee the Planning Committee, Scott Street Bridge, Report No. DRP/20062007/1823|date = May 2007|publisher = Hull City Council|quote = 3.1 Scott Street Bridge dates from 1901. It was Listed in 1994 at which time it was complete and operable.  However, very shortly afterwards an assessment of the load carrying capacity identified that the bridge was unable to carry any vehicular loading. It was fixed in the open position to allow river traffic movement. [...] 4.1.c .. Cost of repairs is estimated to be in excess of £5million.|first1 = Mark|last1 = Jones|first2 = Mike|last2 = Collinson|url-status = dead|archive-url = http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111013095945/https%3A//web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att3092.doc|archive-date = 13 October 2011|df = dmy-all}}</ref> In 2018, [[Banksy]] visited this bridge and left a piece of graffiti to honour Hull's year as City of Culture.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42841320
 | title = Latest Banksy graffiti unveiled in Hull
 | date = 26 January 2018
 | work = BBC News
 | publisher = BBC
 | access-date = 29 January 2018}}</ref>

Scott Street Bridge was finally removed in 2020.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/gallery/hull-banksy-bridge-demolished-art-4525158
 | title = Hull's 'Banksy bridge' finally dismantled after artwork saved
 | date = 17 September 2020
 | work = Hull Live
 | access-date = 25 April 2021}}</ref>

|-
|North Bridge
|1928–32
|There has been a bridge at this point (close to the North Gate of the city walls) since 1541, before which there was a ferry. The bridge here has been modified, rebuilt and enlarged several times.<ref name="brvh"/> A hydraulically operated horizontal drawbridge was constructed in 1870 connecting Charlotte Street and Witham.<ref name="brvh"/><ref name="nb1891">{{coord|53.747269|-0.329502|type:landmark|display=inline}} Ordnance survey, 1891, 1:500; ''also'' 1938–46, 1:10560 map shows both bridges relative</ref>

In 1925 plans were submitted for a new bridge; of which one costed at £275,000 with a straightened approach road approximately {{convert|30|yd|m}} north of the 1870 bridge was accepted.<ref name="brvh"/><ref>{{cite magazine| url  =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1925/08/14| title = A Hull Bridge Scheme|date = 14 August 1925| volume = 140| magazine = The Engineer|page=174}}</ref> The bridge was contracted in 1927 for £86,100 to the [[Widnes Foundry (1295) Ltd]],<ref>{{cite magazine| title = Miscellanea| volume = 144|magazine = The Engineer| date=21 October 1927| page  = 455|url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1927/10/21}}</ref> who constructed as a  Scherzer rolling lift bridge (''or'' "Walking lift bridge"). The bridge was Grade II listed in 1994.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1292933 |desc=New North Bridge, George Street |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>
|-
|Drypool Bridge
|1961
|Scherzer rolling lift bridge – a type of [[Bascule bridge]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Glazzard |url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/857276 |title=Drypool Bridge, Hull |publisher=Geograph Project |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref>

Replaced an earlier swing bridge, also known as Drypool Bridge or Salthouse Lane Bridge, sanctioned 1885, with construction beginning 1887, and opening 1889, at a cost of £18,550, with the main ironwork assembled by J. Butler and Co., of Stanningley, Leeds; the river walls and approaches by T.B Mather of Hull. The bridge was hydraulically powered from a supply provided by the [[Hull Hydraulic Power Company]].<ref name="brvh">{{harvnb |Allison |1969 |pp=387–397}}</ref><ref>Sources:
*{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFYcAQAAMAAJ|journal= The Building News and Engineering Journal| volume=47| year =1885|page = 36|title =Engineering Notes: A Proposed New Bridge at Hull|quote =  At a meeting of the Bridge Committee of the Hull Corporation last week, the Borough Engineer (Mr. J.F. Sharp) submitted plans for a proposed bridge across the River Hull, between Salthouse-lane Staith and Clarence-street. It is a swing bridge, 133ft long, 35ft in the extreme width and calculated to carry a load of 25 tons.}}
*{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xt1QAAAAYAAJ|journal = The Electrical Review|volume =53|date = July–December 1903|page=862|title = Hull|quote=It is proposed, as an experiment, to work the Salthouse Lane Bridge across the River Hull by electricity }}
*{{cite magazine |url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/The_Engineer_1890/01/03| magazine = The Engineer| volume=69|year=1890|pages=4, 6|title = The Drypool Bridge, Hull}}
</ref><ref>{{coord|53.745299|-0.328458|type:landmark|display=inline}} Ordnance survey, 1892, 1:500</ref> Image.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordline.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=167|title = Drypool Bridge, Hull|publisher = Lordline |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Scale Lane Footbridge]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uksi_20081373_en_1 |work=Statutory Instruments, 2008 No. 1373, Highways, England |title=The Kingston upon Hull City Council (Scale Lane Bridge) Scheme |publisher=The National Archives |year = 2008|access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref>
|2011–13 
|Pedestrian swing bridge between Scale Lane (west) and Tower Street (east). An award-winning design by [[Renato Benedetti]].<ref>
{{cite journal|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2014/10/02/world-architecture-festival-2014-day-two-winners-announced|journal=Dezeen Magazine|title=World Architecture Festival 2014 day two winners announced|date=2 October 2014 |access-date=8 October 2016}}
</ref> Originally scheduled to open late 2010,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Iconic-Hull-landmark-making/article-1938069-detail/article.html |title=Iconic Hull landmark in the making |work=This is Hull and East Riding | date=24 March 2010 |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Bridge-link-growth-city/article-1917703-detail/article.html |title=Bridge will be a link for growth across the city |work=This is Hull and East Riding |date=17 March 2010 |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref> delayed due to winding up of funding agencies as a result of the [[late-2000s recession]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Delayed-bridge-swing-action/article-3220912-detail/article.html |title=Delayed £7.5m bridge for Hull's Old Town will finally swing into action |work=This is Hull and East Riding |date=15 February 2011 |access-date=8 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218165852/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Delayed-bridge-swing-action/article-3220912-detail/article.html |archive-date=18 February 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/New-River-Hull-bridge-swing-action-years-later/story-16476677-detail/story.html| title = New River Hull bridge to swing into action ... six years later| date = 3 July 2012| work = This is Hull and East Riding| access-date = 3 July 2012| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120707100306/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/New-River-Hull-bridge-swing-action-years-later/story-16476677-detail/story.html| archive-date = 7 July 2012| df = dmy-all}}</ref> main span installation began 25 February 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/bridge_carrying_regeneration_hopes_gets_ready_to_ride_high_1_4280003 | title = Bridge carrying regeneration hopes gets ready to ride high | date = 24 February 2012 | work = Yorkshire Post | publisher=Johnston Publishing| access-date = 25 February 2012}}</ref> The bridge was officially opened in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-23097568
 | title = Hull's new pedestrian bridge is formally opened
 | date = 28 June 2013
 | work = BBC News
 | access-date = 28 June 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Myton Swing Bridge]]
|1981<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0005112 |title=Structures – Myton Bridge |first=Nicolas |last=Janberg |publisher=Structurae |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref>
|An asymmetric cable stayed box girder steel swing bridge on the [[A63 road|A63]] Garrison Road, with spans of {{convert|182.2|and|93.4|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0u5G8E3uPUAC&q=myton%20bridge%20hull&pg=PA726| title = Bridge engineering: a global perspective| first =Leonardo Fernández |last = Troyano|publisher = Thomas Telford publishing|year= 2003|pages = {{nobreak|726 ff}} |isbn=978-0-7277-3215-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal = Metal Construction|volume= 14| publisher =Welding Institute|year=  1982| title = Award Winning Steel Structures| page=68}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.hyderconsulting.com/AU/Editorial/Downloads/Footprints%20on%20a%20Global%20Landscape%20-%20Part%201.pdf| publisher = Hyder Consulting| title= Footprints on a global landscape, 150 years of improving the built environment| page=64 |access-date=3 March 2011| quote = Cable-stayed box-girder swing bridge, main span 83m. Awarded Structural Steel Design Award, British Constructional Steel Association and the British Steel Corporation, 1981.}}</ref>
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|South Bridge<br />''defunct''
|1865–1944
|Toll Bridge. Also known as the "Ha'penny Bridge", it was built to give better access to the newly built Victoria Dock. Closed 1934.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vdvh.co.uk/historyofthedock.html|title=History of the Dock|publisher=Victoria Dock Village Hall Community Association|first=Colin|last=McNicol|access-date=23 August 2011|archive-date=13 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013164040/http://www.vdvh.co.uk/historyofthedock.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Swing bridge located between Blackfriargate and Humber Street (between present Myton Bridge and Tidal Barrier).<ref>{{coord|53.740125|-0.330772|display=inline|type:landmark}}, see Ordnance Survey map 1891–92; 1910; 1928, 1:2500</ref> Image.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/search-results/display.php?newsearch=new&person=Johnson%2C+Joseph+A.&keywords=&title=&place=&date=&material=&accessionnumber=&Sender=List&Page=&irn=1517| title = The Ha'penny Bridge, Hull|first= Joseph A. |last=Johnson|publisher = Hull City Council | work = Hull Museums Collections|access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref> The engineer was [[John Hawkshaw]], the contractor was [[Henry Grissell]] (Regent's Canal Ironworks Co.).<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tF0xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA115| work = Modern Examples of Road and Railway Bridges| first1 = William H. |last1 = Maw|first2= James| last2= Dredge |year  =1872| title = Hull South Bridge| publisher = Published at the offices of "Engineering"| isbn = 9780608411842| at = pp.115–117}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=tF0xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA114-IA8 Plates LXIII], [https://books.google.com/books?id=tF0xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA114-IA9 LXIV]</ref>
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|Millennium Bridge<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.qualterhall.co.uk/projects.php?id=18 |title=Pedestrian Access Swing Bridge at "The Deep" – Hull |author=Projects |publisher=Qualter Hall |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref>
|2001
|A pedestrian swing bridge giving access to [[The Deep (aquarium)|The Deep]], with a span of {{convert|102|ft|m}}
|}
[[File:Drypool Bridge Raised 1990.jpg|thumb|left|Drypool Bridge, raised to allow a freighter to pass]]
The present Drypool Bridge was designed by W. Morris, the Hull City Engineer, and it was built in Hull. The previous wrought iron swing bridge, which had opened in 1888, was too narrow, with a carriageway which was {{convert|16|ft|m}} wide.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Port of Hull Journal|volume=  46|number= 4 |year=1958 |page=4}}</ref> It was closed in May 1959, so that it could be demolished<ref>''Hull Times'', 23 May 1959, p.7</ref> and Morris's new bridge opened in March 1961.<ref>''Hull Times'', 11 March 1961 p.&nbsp;5</ref>

Scott Street Bridge had gradually deteriorated, and a public consultation was held in 1986, to determine its future. By that time a 10-ton weight limit had been imposed on traffic using the bridge, because of its poor structural state. Three suggestions were made as to its future. These were to close and demolish it, to refurbish it at an estimated cost of £1.6&nbsp;million, and to build a new bridge on the same site but a different alignment, to eliminate the awkward turn at the west end, which was costed at £2&nbsp;million.<ref>''Yorkshire Post'', 11 June 1986</ref> None of these actions have been taken, as the bridge leaves were raised in 1994, and have remained raised ever since. Consideration was given in 2007 to preserving two of the hydraulic rams which operated the bridge, during planning to demolish the structure. The [[Hull Hydraulic Power Company]] was set up in 1872, and by 1876 was operating a pumping station on Machell Street. This supplied water to a high pressure main which ran from Wellington Street to Sculcoates Bridge, and was used by local industries to power machinery, including the bridge when it was constructed. Although the power company closed in the 1940s, it made Hull the first city in the world to have a public system of power distribution.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att3818.doc |title=Water hydraulic rams at Scott Street Bridge |publisher=Hull City Council |date=3 July 2007 |access-date=4 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004073854/https://web5.hullcc.gov.uk/akshull/images/att3818.doc |archive-date=4 October 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:Chapman Street Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|Scott Street Bridge 1990]]
The design for the Ennerdale Link road included a tunnel under the river. Initial investigations suggested that there was a layer of [[boulder clay]] below the [[alluvium]] of the river bed, and that a [[chalk]] [[aquifer]] was below the clay.<ref name=nce>{{cite web |url=http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/geocal/SoilMech/water/WATERCAS.htm#HULL |first=David |last=Hayward |publisher=New Civil Engineer (quoted on University of the West of England, Groundwater Case Studies) |date=June 1993 |title=Hull Holed Up |page=8 }}</ref> Construction work started in July 1991.<ref name=yp>{{cite news|first=Phil |last=Booth |title=Ennerdale Bridge |work=Yorkshire Post |date=24 July 1997 |page=8}}</ref> A [[cofferdam]] was built on the east bank, and the cutting which would have provided access to the twin-bore tunnel was nearly excavated when a {{convert|6.6|ft|m|adj=on}} hole appeared in the river bed, and the entire site flooded. A 3-month investigation took place, which suggested that it would be difficult to finish the tunnel and maintain the integrity of the aquifer. Despite some £10&nbsp;million having been spent on the project, it was abandoned<ref name=nce/> in 1993.<ref name=yp/> A contract for a replacement bridge was awarded in June 1995<ref>{{Cite news|title=Contract awarded for Ennerdale Bridge |work=Hull Daily Mail |date=27 June 1995}}</ref> and the river was crossed by twin lift bridges, which were opened in April 1997. The project had cost £30&nbsp;million, compared to an original budget of just £13&nbsp;million.<ref name=yp/>

A tunnel was successfully constructed under the river in 2001. The {{convert|6.2|mi|km|adj=on}} long sewer runs from the city centre to a treatment works at [[Salt End]]. It was excavated using two tunnelling machines, which were manufactured in Canada and were named ''Maureen'' and ''Gloria''. The tunnel was officially opened on 21 August 2001, when a [[Mini (BMW)|Mini car]] was driven through it, recreating scenes from the film ''[[The Italian Job]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1494939.stm |title=Mini to star in 'Hull Job' stunt |work=BBC News |date=16 August 2001 |access-date=18 November 2010}}</ref>
Before 1897, there had been a ferry at Grovehill, and a shipyard on the east bank, owned by Joseph Scarr. To assist his workers to reach the shipyard, Scarr designed and built a ferry bridge, which cost him £300.{{sfn|Crosby |1980 |pp=8–9}} It consisted of a large rectangular pontoon, above which was fitted a bridge deck with handrails. Two jack screws enabled the deck to be raised or lowered in relation to the pontoon, so that it remained at approximately the same height, whatever the state of the tide. On the eastern bank, Scarr constructed a variable-height landing, but the landing on the west bank was constructed by Beverley Council, and was fixed. Scarr campaigned to have a variable landing here as well, and was prepared to fund it, but his requests were always rejected. The fixed landing made access to the bridge difficult at high tides.{{sfn|Crosby |1980 |pp=9–14}} When a boat needed to pass, the west end was freed, and the pontoon swung round to lie parallel to the bank, either upstream or downstream, depending on the state of the tide. It would then be winched back into position by a small barrel winch. At night the bridge was closed and moored beside the bank.{{sfn|Crosby |1980 |pp=19–20}}

Responsibility for the bridge was taken over by Beverley Council before the [[Second World War]]. Its condition deteriorated, and in 1948, they attempted to replace it with a footbridge around {{convert|400|yd|m}} further upstream. Because the ferry rights had been in existence for more than 600 years, an Act of Parliament was needed, and this was thwarted by a petition containing 84 signatures, presented by the people of Weel to the [[House of Lords]]. Plans for a new lift bridge were drawn up, and it was opened on 19 October 1953.{{sfn|Crosby |1980 |pp=27–31}}

In 1913, the Hull Bridge upstream of Beverley, which had caused so much disagreement in the 18th century until it had been replaced in 1801, was demolished by the County Council, who installed a steel rolling bridge in its place. Once the Tickton Bypass bridge had been built a short distance upstream, it no longer needed to carry road traffic, and it was replaced by a footbridge in 1976.<ref name=allison1989/>

At the other end of the river, the Millennium Bridge was opened in 2001. There was once a ferry at this point, before 1865,<ref>Ordnance Survey, 1:2500 map, 1856</ref> which gave access to the Victoria Dock, opened in 1850. South Bridge replaced the ferry in 1865, making it easier for workers to reach the dock. The swing footbridge was closed in 1934, but was not demolished until 1944.{{sfn |McNicol |2002|p=1}}